genome search | EU-SAGE

Genome-editing techniques are promising tools in plant breeding. To facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the use of genome editing, EU-SAGE developed an interactive, publicly accessible online database of genome-edited crop plants as described in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
The aim of the database is to inform interested stakeholder communities in a transparent manner about the latest evidence about the use of genome editing in crop plants. Different elements including the plant species, traits, techniques, and applications can be filtered in this database.
Regarding the methodology, a literature search in the bibliographic databases and web pages of governmental agencies was conducted using predefined queries in English. Identifying research articles in other languages was not possible due to language barriers. Patents were not screened.
Peer-reviewed articles were screened for relevance and were included in the database based on pre-defined criteria. The main criterium is that the research article should describe a research study of any crop plant in which a trait has been introduced that is relevant from an agricultural and/or food/feed perspective. The database does neither give information on the stage of development of the crop plant, nor on the existence of the intention to develop the described crop plants to be marketed.
This database will be regularly updated. Please contact us via the following webpage in case you would like to inform us about a new scientific study of crops developed for market-oriented agricultural production as a result of genome editing

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Traits related to improved food/feed quality

Low tartaric acid.
( Ren et al., 2016 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Promoted anthocyanin accumulation. Anthocyanins are plant secondary metabolites with a variety of biological functions.
( Tu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Northwest A&
F University, China

Sweeter kernels due to the accumulation of sugar rather than starch and waxy with an altered amylose/amylopectin ratio.
( Dong et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement
Anhui Agricultural University, China

Modified composition: accumulation of fivefold more starch than WT leaves, and more sucrose as well. Architectural changes
(Bezrutczyk et al., 2018)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Science, USA

Increased carotenoid, lycopene, and β-carotene.
( Hunziker et al., 2020 )

University of Tsukuba
Kobe University
Institute of Vegetable and Floricultural Science
NARO, Japan

Increased gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulation by 7 to 15 fold while having variable effects on plant and fruit size and yield. GABA is a nonproteogenic amino acid and has health-promoting functions.
( Nonaka et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tsukuba, Japan

Increased gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA): 1.34-fold to 3.50-fold increase in GABA accumulation. GABA is a nonprotegeonomic amino acid with health-promoting functions.
(Li et al., 2017)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China

Enhanced soluble sugar content in tomato fruit. Soluble sugar improves the sweetness and increases tomato sauce yield.
( Wang et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Xinjiang Agricultural University, China

Increased sugar content without decreased fruit weight. Sugar content is one of the most important quality traits of tomato.
( Kawaguchi et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Nagoya University
Kobe University
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
University of Tsukuba, Japan

Aromatic maize.
( Wang et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Shandong Normal University
Bellagen Biotechnology Co. Ltd
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

High fruit malate accumulation. Malate is a primary organic acid in tomato and a crucial compound that contributes to fruit flavor and palatability.
( Ye et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Cornell University, USA

Important metabolic changes affecting tomato fruit quality. Reduced contents of the anti-nutrient oxalic acid.
( Gago et al., 2017 )

SDN1
ZFN

University of Algarve, Portugal
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Technological Educational Institution of Crete, Greece

Reduced phytic acid (PA) synthesis in seeds, PA is an anti-nutritional compound.
( Liang et al., 2013 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Increased tolerance to the heavy metal Cadmium.
( Liu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Zhejiang University
Agricultural Ministry of China, China

Parthenocarpy: seedless tomato. Industrial purposes and direct eating quality.
(Klap et al., 2016)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Agricultural Research Organization, Israel

Seedless tomatoes for industrial purposes and direct eating quality.
( Ueta et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tokushima University, Japan

Increased gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) content. GABA is a nonproteogenic amino acid with health-promoting functions.
( Lee et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China

Increased lycopene content. Lycopene plays a role in treating chronic diseases and lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Enhanced contents of lycopene, phytoene, prolycopene, a-carotene, and lutein.
( Li et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China

Waxy phenotype, abolition of amylose.
( Qi et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Glossy phenotype. Reduced epicuticular wax in leaves.
( Char et al., 2015 )

SDN1
TALENs

Iowa State University, USA

Reduced phytic acid (PA) synthesis in seeds, PA is an anti-nutritional compound.
( Liang et al., 2013 )

SDN1
TALENs

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Alteration of the inositol phosphate profile in developing seeds.
( Shukla et al., 2009 )

SDN1
ZFN

Dow AgroSciences
Sangamo BioSciences, USA

Reduced phytate production + herbicide tolerance. Generation of a dual phenotype through targeted manipulation of a single locus.
( Shukla et al., 2009 )

SDN3
ZFN

Dow AgroScience, USA

Conversion of a normal maize hybrid into a waxy version, a specialty that produces mainly amylopectin starch with special food or industrial values and thus has high economic value.
( Qi et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Anhui Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, China

Increased sugar and amino acid content leading to improved fruit quality.
( Nguyen et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Food Industries Research Institute, Vietnam
University of Missouri, USA

Large parthenocarpic fruits. Parthenocarpy, also known as seedless fruits, is preferred by consumers and it ensures consistent fruit yield in variable environmental conditions.
( Hu et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Duke University, USA

Increased flavonoid content. Flavonoids play a role in fruit colour and are important for human health as favourable hydrophilic antioxidants.
( Zhou et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Increased lysine content with recovered kernel hardness. Lysine is considered of great nutritional importance in animal feeds and human foods.
( Hurst et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Center for Plant Science Innovation
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Improvement of of functional compounds in tomato fruit, which satisfies the antioxidant properties requirements.
( Kim et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Hankyong National University
Chungbuk National University, South Korea

Traits related to industrial utilization

Generating male sterility lines (MLS). Using MLS in hybrid seed production for monoclinous crops reduces costs and ensures high purity of the varieties because it does not produce pollen and has exserted stigmas.
( Fang et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Science and Technology Beijing
Beijing Solidwill Sci-Tech Co. Ltd., China

CRISPR/Cas

Sichuan Agricultural University
Chengdu Agricultural College
Sichuan Institute of Atomic Energy, China

Enhanced haploid induction. Double haploid breeding based on in vivo haploid induction has been extensively used in maize breeding. The production of haploids depends on haploid inducers.
( Zhong et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China

Haploid induction.
( Li et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University
Longping Agriculture Science Co. Ltd., China

Accelerated abscission. Plant organ abscission is a process important for development and reproductive success,
( Liu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Shenyang Agricultural University
Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, China
University of California at Davis
Crops Pathology and Genetic Research Unit, USA

Male sterility: mutants did not produce pollen and induced a parthenocarpic fruit set.
(Gökdemir et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ondokuz Mayıs University
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey

Parthenocarpy: seedless tomatoes
(Nieves-Cordones et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-CSIC, Spain

Generating male sterility lines (MLS). Using MLS in hybrid seed production reduces costs and ensures high purity of the varieties because it does not produce pollen and has exserted stigmas.
( Bao et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Yunnan Agricultural University
Yunnan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, China

Generating male sterility lines (MLS) and enhanced tolerance against drought stress. Using MLS in hybrid seed production reduces costs and ensures high purity of the varieties because it does not produce pollen and has exserted stigmas.
( Secgin et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ondokuz Mayıs University
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt

Induction of haploid plants for the development of good inbred lines for efficient and fast breeding.
( Liu et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Generation of male sterile (MS) lines. MS is a useful tool to harness hybrid vigor for hybrid seed production.
( Chen et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
China Agricultural University, China

Jointless tomatoes. Pedicel abscission is an important agronomic factor that controls yield and post-harvest fruit quality. In tomato, floral stems that remain attached to harvested fruits during picking mechanically damage the fruits during transportation, decreasing the fruit quality for fresh-market tomatoes and the pulp quality for processing tomatoes.
( Roldan et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), France
University of Liège, Belgium

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

DuPont Pioneer, USA

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Science and Technology
Beijing, China
Beijing Solidwill Sci-Tech Co. Ltd, China

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Hairy root transformation. Hairy roots play a role in multiple processes, ranging from recombinant protein production and metabolic engineering to analyses of rhizosphere physiology and biochemistry.
( Ron et al., 2014 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of California
Emory University, USA
University of Cambridge, UK

Male sterility for hybrid seed production reduces costs and ensures high varietal purity.
( Du et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, China

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Hankyong National University
Hanyang University
Sunchon National University
Chungbuk National University
Tomato Research Center, South Korea

Increasing cross over frequency. Cross over formation during meiosis is essential for crop breeding to introduce favourable alleles controlling important traits from wild relatives into crops.
( de Maagd et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Wageningen University &
Research, The Netherlands

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Northwest A&
F University
Xi’an Jinpeng Seedlings Co. Ltd.
Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of Shaanxi Province, China

Trait stacking. Modern agriculture demands crops carrying multiple traits.
( Ainley et al., 2013 )

SDN1
ZFN

Dow AgroSciences LLC
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc., USA

Domestication: Conferred domesticated phenotypes yet retained parental disease resistance (predominately Xanthomonas perforans), and salt tolerance.
(Li et al., 2018)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Haploid induction to accelerate breeding in crop plants.
( Rangari et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Punjab Agricultural University, India

Pollen Self-Elimination, which prevents pollen transgene dispersal.
( Wang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Northwest A&
F University
Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab
Henan Jinyuan Seed Industry Co., China
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico

Doubled haploids with increased leaf size. Doubled haploid technology is used to obtain homozygous lines in a single generation. This technique significantly accelerates the crop breeding trajectory.
( Impens et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ghent University
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium

Generating male sterility lines (MLS). Using MLS in hybrid seed production reduces costs and ensures high seed purity during hybrid seed production.
( Zhou et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China Agricultural University, China

Improved pollen viability.
( Lv et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Mianyang Normal University
South China Agricultural University, China

Dwarf plants that retain favourable fruit traits.
( Nagamine et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tsukuba, Japan

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